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Exercise and Depression…it can help more than you think
Exercise and Depression When you’re depressed, sometimes it’s hard to get out of bed, nevermind even thinking about exercising! When you just want to pull the covers over your head and wait for tomorrow hoping it will be better, running around the block or heading for the gym are not top on your list of favorite things to do. Exercise and depression…I think not… Ironically, when you’re depressed, you tend to want to do things that are not necessarily going to make you feel better (at least I did). Things like being sedentary and eating sugar and carby foods that gave me a few moments of comfort and feel-good taste-wise…
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Depression and Menopause- Can the right foods help?
Depression and Menopause Let’s begin our discussion of depression and menopause by acknowledging that the target market for antidepressants is women. The antidepressant industry is a multi-billion dollar industry. Is it any wonder why doctors prescribe them so liberally rather than discuss diet, supplements, exercise, hormone balancing, etc.? Doctors who practice allopathic, or mainstream medicine are not schooled in nutrition. The definition of allopathic medicine is “mainstream medical use of pharmacologically active agents or physical interventions to treat or suppress symptoms or pathophysiologic processes of diseases or conditions”. Not a vegetable in sight… If these doctors are required to take one or two courses on the subject of food and nutrition while…
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Sugar and Depression…how sugar can shrink your brain
Sugar and Depression… Are you struggling with depression? Do you know someone who is depressed or who takes anti-depressants? There’s actually a link between sugar and depression. How much sugar do you eat? Did you know that people who consume diets high in sugar and simple carbohydrates are more likely to become depressed? It’s true! Sugar is the enemy of your body and your mind. It’s so unfair that it tastes so good. I love it too; but I know it doesn’t love me back. It doesn’t serve my body or my mind to eat it. We have choices, and as difficult and as challenging as it may be, we…
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Statins and Depression
Statins and depression… Statins and depression….Are the statins you’ve been told will lower your cholesterol making you depressed? If you struggle with depression, you want to do anything you can do to help control it. Believe me, I know. I lived with depression for decades. Statins are being called into question relative to the epidemic of depression we are experiencing in this country. Did you know that over 20% of women in the U.S. in their 40s and 50s are taking anti-depressants? When you read the studies about statins and depression, most of the negative press is about how they affect women’s moods, aggression, etc. I can tell you from…
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All About Garlic – Learn from Lidia
Mmmm…Garlic! In the video below, Lidia Bastianich gives us the run down on garlic. It’s worth the minute or so to learn about this wonderful food from her. If you check out my recipes for main and side dishes, you’ll notice that most of them have garlic as an ingredient. That’s because it’s so good for you! Lidia Bastianich is my favorite chef. I’ve learned so much from watching her. No drama, just great common sense cooking all the time. I love that! Check out Lidia’s Common Sense Italian Cooking cookbook. I think you’ll enjoy her as much as I do. Helping you achieve Major Wellness in your life! Cheryl…
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Flu Shot
Flu Shot? Skip it… “The single best way to protect against the flu is to get vaccinated each year.” This headline comes from the CDC (Centers for Disease Control). The CDC has frankly never produced evidence to support this claim. Additionally, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) covered up the flu vaccine’s ineffectiveness for older adults. In a large study, published in Clinical Infectious Diseases, researchers followed 7,000 people over eight consecutive flu seasons. New studies show that if you get your flu shot every year, you get no benefits from being a repeat customer. In fact, the only people who benefit at all from a flu shot are those…
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Michael B. Jordan and “Creed” How Eating Affects How You Look
Michael B. Jordan and “Creed”… What You Eat Really Does Affect How You Look on the Outside Check out this article on what Michael B. Jordan ate to prepare for his role in “Creed”. It really illustrates how what you eat affects how you look! I think the more important takeaway from this is that you have the power to look and feel better by making good food choices. Aside from wanting to know what was in the protein shake (they can have a lot of sugar for one thing…) and wanting to be sure the oats were not GMO but either organic or heritage and gluten free, I really like this diet. And,…
